St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-09-03

A mass-meeting Of Antl-Prohlbltlon ne
publicans has been held in Des Moines to
nominate independent candidates for the
Legislature. A. B. Cummings, one OF the
leading Republican lawyers of the city, and
Adam Baker, an alderman-at-large ID the
City Council were nominated. They are
pledged to support all Republican prlnslples
except prohibition; to vote for Republican
for the United States Senate; to support the
repeal of the prohibition and the enactment
Of local option and high license laws. 1t Is
said the Democrats will ratify the ticket.
Charles II. Litchman, general secretary OF
the knights Of Labor, has issued circular
giving reasons why charter will not be
granted to the proposed new association OF
iron and steel workers. He says that all OF
the assemblies applying for the new charter
are not in good standing; that out OF the
seventeen assemblies joining in the prelim-
mary organization only three are square
with the General Assembly. Eleven OF
these assem- mblies are in Pittsburg. When all
The laws are complied with the charter Will
be granted.
The lrishmen of Liverpool at meeting
adopted resolutions protesting against the
Ol Tic lIlSII NdllOlldl
Similar resolutions were adopted at meet
ing Of the Radicals in London. Numerous
branches of the league in Ireland held their
weekly meetings as usual
Mr. Parnell and number Of other Irish
Nationalists have departed for Paris.
Twelve hundred men employed in the
foundres at Montataire i'll the Department
of 0iSe France have Str,lck AGAINST a reduc-
ton of wages.
The disturbance at Mrebeau-sur-Beze,i in
the Department Of Cote dor, France, has
been renewed, and the Frenclfmen succeeded
in driving the Italian wOrkmen from the
WOrk-yards
Henry T. Cook, twenty-one years Of age.
and Charles T. Cook, a younger brother, were
arrested in Washington, the former for for
gerry and the latter for collision. Henry
was discount clerk at the Columbia Bank,
and it is alleged forged the name of depos-
itor named John r. Mclean.
Michael Murphy and James Walsh were
held in New York on a charge of having
stolen 81 800 worth b Of cigars from the steamer
Niagara which recently arrived from Cuba
Both men were fremen on the steamer
and are said to have had an accomplish.
They lowered the cigars overheard and were
arrested as they were carrying them away on
u truck in Brooklyn.
Bradford Burrell, who shot a young wo-
man named kerrigan, in Lowell, Mass,
because she refused further companionship
with him, committed suicide by hanging
himself i'll his cell. The woman will recover.
At Lebanon Pa, Hiram Boeshore. aged
eleven years. deliberately and without ap-
parent cause shot and fatally wounded
James Wilson, aged five. The latter has
died. The boys were playing together, and
Boeshore says he didn't know his revolver
was loaded.
William c. Morrill,, for sixteen years
resident of Atlanta, Ga, has died in Boston.
He was vice president and treasurer of the
Western and Atlantic railroad and was
associated with Senator Brown in large iron
and coal interests. He had also been trus-
tee of Atlanta University.
Eight American mackerel seining schoon-
ers put into Halifax for shelter. Five of the
vessels arrived off the harbor during the
| night, and not seeing any pilot boats, went
pilots, however, saw them, and the case was
reported to the customs officers. When the
captains went to the CuSIom-hOuse to clear
for home they were informed that they must
produce a receipt showing that the pilotage
had been paid The captains consulted with
Consul General Phelan, who arranged to get
them clearances. The case will be inquired
into.
Several revenue gaugers have been sent on
special secret duty to the Louisville, KY.
district.
Secretary Fairchild has instructed David
Okey, chief Of a division in his office to
make a thorough investigation of the ad-
mnistration of immigration affairs at the
port of New York, particularly with refer
enCe to the treatment and care of immigrants
and the general business methods employed
by the commissioners of emigration of the
State of New York.
The Supreme Court at Utica, n Y. in
general term, decided that the bequest of
Jennie McGraw Fiske to Cornell University
is invalid, on the ground that the university
at the date of death of Jennie McGraw Fiske
had reached the limit of its charter and was
not entitled to take or hold any of the prop
erty and funds given to it by her will. The
legacies aggregated 81, 12l,570
Thomas Dott, farmer of Gibsonia Pa,
was fatally stabbed by farm hand whom he
had just discharged. The murderer escaped.